Desk



Patented July 29, 1924.

ALEXANDER S. FALLS,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DESK.

Application filed October 6, 1922. Serial No. 592,686.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER S. FALLS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the village of Glencoe, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Desk; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had t the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference lmarked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

' It has become common practice in the use of lbookkeeping machines, billing machines, and other typewriting machines, to have the paper upon which the machin-e works, come in a long, continuous ro-ll, or in the form' of a continuous web folded zig-Zag into a package. In ydesks for typewritei1 machines heretofore designed, no convenient place has been found for such a supply of paper. It has either been supported upon a bracket forming part of the bookkeeping machine or mounted upon an independent support.

It is an obj ect of the present invention to provide a receptacle for holding such a supply of paper which can be easily and quickly positioned in the proper relation to the typewriting machine.

It is a further object of this invention to so mount the receptacle in the desk that. when the machine is not in use, the recep tacle may be moved to the interior of the desk and so give a compact arrangement.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an arrangement wherein the ordinary drawers of the desk when closed and locked shall prevent the movement of the receptacle containing the supply of paper for the bookkeeping machine.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the accompanying drawings and the following specification.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the desk.

Figure 2 is an end view looking at the desk from the left and showing a portion thereof in section upon the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section upon the line 3 3 of Figure l.

Figure 6 is a broken detail view showingv a modified form of pivotal mounting. As shown' on the drawings: The desk is of the form usually employed as a typewriter desk having a .space 10 for the knees of the person operating the book` keeping, billing or other typewriting machine. It is provided with legs 12at each left--hand corner and at the right-hand side of the space 10. At the right 'of the space 10 are moimted a set of drawers 13 in the usual way, except that these drawers do not go back into the desk as far as is usual in the prior art. y

In the space behind the drawers 13 and behind the space 10 are mounted drawers or receptacles-14 .preferably of the same depth as the drawers 13 so that a common horizontal partition or shelf 15 can be used to separate the two receptacles M and also the two drawers 13. The back of the desk 16 is open for a part of its extent at one end, as shown at 17, to afford a spiace through which the receptacles 14 may swing and emerge. In order to provide for the motion of the receptacles 14, they are connected to the back 16 by hinges 18 adjacent the right-hand edge of the space 17. One leaf of eachhinge is secured tothe back of the desk as shown at 20 in Figure 5. The other leaf is secured t0 the vertical wall of the receptacle 14k which, yin the position in which this receptacle is within the desk, is the rear wall, as illustrated in full lines in Figure 3. Then the receptacle is moved by turning arbo-ut these hinges, the rear wall becomes a lside wall, and the end which was the right-hand end of the receptacle becomes the rear end, as may be seen *Y by noticing the dotted line position in Figure 3. A. handle 22 is attached to each receptacle 14- in the middle of the space 17 for convenience in moving the receptacle to open position.

The desk is provided with its usual solid top 23 for the reception of the bookkeeping machine and for the ordinary desk work. If desired, there may also be provided a sliding shelf 24 above the drawers 13 as is usual in desk constructions. The drawers `13 are provided with handles 27 and locks 25 which may be made t0 lock the several drawers individually or may be made to lock all the drawers by the operation of one of the locks, as is well understood in the art.

It will be observed` vfrom the sho-wing in Figure 3 that, when the drawer 13 is closed and the receptacle 14 is in the full line posif tion, the receptacle 14 cannot be moved to the dotted line osition;r If, therefore, the drawerI 13 is loc ed, the receptacle 14 is sec'ure'din closed position. On the other hand, when the drawerl is open, the receptacle 14 may/'be moved to thedotted line position. The drawer 13 may then again be closed and will serve to prevent the return of the 'receptacle 14` toits closed position. Thus, when the drawer 131s locked, the receptacle 14 is retained in whichever position it-was in at the'tiine the drawer 13 was closed. y

'In the form just illustrated, I have shown two receptacles 14, one above the other. Obviously, the desk mayI be built with but one receptacle 14 ifd'esired, and if so built, the drawer 13 which is opposite the portion o therdesknot occupied by a receptacle 14 may be made'of the vusual length, extending merelyto the backl of the desk.

The m dilication shown in F ig. 6 has pivotv pins' 30 instead of hinges. These pins are'secured' to -the'top and bottomk of the sidewall of the drawer 14 in any desired way; for`exarnple,`by 'being integral with ,platesv 31 fastened' to the; edgesofthe wall screws.v The pivot pins are received in sockets in the body of` the desk. Preferably these socketsare lined with metal thimbles as shown atz32 to insure good durability.

In the use of this desk, the scrolls or folds ofpaper for typing purposes are kept in the receptacles`114.` From the upper receptacle 14v the paper may be -led into the typing machine when said receptacle has been swung into dotted line position as shown in F'gure 3. Thel lower receptacle 14 may be used for: retaining or storing an eXtra sup ply ofsuch paper.

Iam aware that numerous details or" construction may be varied through a wide range without departing `from the principles ot thisvinvention, and I therefore do. not purpose limiting the patentgranted otherwise thannecessitated by the' prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In' a typewriter desk, a desk top adapted to support a typewriter and having a space beneath the front part thereof for the operatoids knees, drawers mounted beneath said top at one side of said knee space, and afreceptacle for paper supported at the rear of said drawers and of said knee space and Vrotatable beyond the `desk back in alinement with said knee space.

2. In a typewriter desk, a desk top adapted to support a typewriter and having a spacek beneath the front part thereof for the operators knees, drawers mounted beneath said top at one side of said knee space, a back panel having an opening in alinement with said knee space, and a receptacle `for paper normally disposed within the Adesk but rotatable through said opening into alinement with said knee space.

3. In a typewriter desk, a desk top adapted to support a typewriter andhaving a space beneath the front part thereof for the operators knees, drawers mounted beneath said top at one side of said `knee space, a back panel having an opening in alinement with said knee space, and a receptacle for paper normally disposed within the desk but rotatable in a horizontal plane through said opening into alinement with said. knee space.

4. In a desk, a receptacle pivoted within the desk and rotatable rearwardly thereof, and a drawer adapted when closed to. lock said receptacle against rotating movement.

5. Ina desk, a receptacle pivotally mounted therein, a drawer movable into andout of the path of movement of said receptacle, and means for. locking said drawer lin said path.

6. In a desk, a receptacle pivotally mounted therein, and a drawer movable into and out of the path of movement of saidY receptacle, the drawer being in said pat-h when closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed'my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDERY S. FALLS. Witnesses:

SPENCER WV. GIBBS, OSCAR HARTMANN. 

